Margo Jefferson Quotes
Yes, for blacks, racism functions without the actual presence of whites, just as for whites it functions without the actual presence of blacks! Beliefs, conventions, history do the work.
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What I'm trying to do is save and rescue the country if I can, and I'm doing my best to do it.
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When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.
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In my situation, every time I write a sentence, I'm thinking not only of the people I ended up in college with but my siblings, my family, my school friends, the people from my neighborhood. I've come to realize that this is an advantage, really: it keeps you on your toes.
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Acting is doing. It's not speaking; it's behavior. It's something happening, even if you're only listening.
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So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
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Antonio Berardi is one of my good friends.
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The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.
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There is no one true church.
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Acting doesn't have to be threadbare misery all the time.
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No day is similar to another, but usually mail is part of my start of the day. Our company never sleeps: we have business in 180 countries, so there are no real mornings or nights.
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I live in New York. I don't really particularly want to move to LA.
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He also didn't like a lock of my hair and said that he couldn't get into the moment without the hair being just right. I quietly knew that he was anxious and that the hairdo wasn't the real issue. But we all let it go and came back to the scene sometime later.
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Our society wants things to grow, and our society wants things to become bigger and bigger. Everything has to be put under the spotlight.
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The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.
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I used to draw and make plastic figurines and watch 'Wallace and Gromit' films.
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I don't do meetings.
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Patients who trust their doctors and have a psychological expectation of getting better could trigger a reaction in their body.
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I would love to work with Reese Witherspoon.
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The two great agents of the physical world have become subject to the will of man and have been made subservient to his wants and enjoyments; I allude to steam and electricity, under whatever name the latter may be called.
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I still haven't quite caught on to the idea of writing without dialogue. I like writing dialogue, and there's nothing wrong with dialogue in movies.
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The clarification of our political ideas insensibly changes into and becomes indistinguishable from the history of political ideas.
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The history of the African American community is one of enduring, relentless struggle with a vision of accepting nothing less than full social and economic equality.
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I try to work out twice a week. I don't restrict myself from any food in my diet; I think it's all about balance. I'm also very lucky with my genetics and metabolism.
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Yes, for blacks, racism functions without the actual presence of whites, just as for whites it functions without the actual presence of blacks! Beliefs, conventions, history do the work.
